Anthracotic pigment in pleural fluid: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-308

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Warren, Michael ^a   Goulart, Robert A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cytology; Hemosiderin; Pigment; Pleural effusion; Pleural fluid

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COCAINE; IRON; PIGMENT; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; CARBON; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 67649760979     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325313     Document Type: Article

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